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As far as student credit cards go, the Capital One Savor Student Cash Rewards Credit Card is a winner.
It’s got the most bonus categories of any student cash back rewards credit card, with 8% cash back for Entertainment booked through Capital One Entertainment, 5% cash back on travel booked via Capital One Travel, 3% cash back on dining, entertainment, popular streaming services and at grocery stores (excluding superstores like Walmart and Target) and 1% cash back on all other eligible purchases.
You’ll also get a small cash bonus when you meet the terms of the Early Spend Bonus with your new card.
Most importantly, you’ll be building credit while also earning valuable rewards with no annual fee.
If you don’t spend a lot on dining, entertainment, streaming services and at grocery stores, you might prefer the Capital One Quicksilver Student Cash Rewards Credit Card, which lacks bonus categories but earns 1.5% cash back on all eligible purchases – 0.5% more than the Savor One Student credit card on non-bonused spend.
In short, it’s one of the best student credit cards around.
Receive 60,000 online bonus points - a $600 value - after you make at least $4,000 in purchases in the first 90 days of account opening.
Our ratings are determined by the authors and editors on our team. Each individual card feature is compared against all other cards we offer and the total score is an average of those 4 ratings.
The market for premium travel rewards cards is crowded, and every major card issuer has a product with an annual fee of $95, or close to it. While not a creative name for a card in this class, the Bank of America® Premium Rewards® credit card appeals to those who want the cardholder benefits of premium card, but are happy to earn cash back rewards instead points that can be transferred to frequent flier miles or points with hotel programs.
This card earns double points on all travel and dining purchases, and 1.5 points per dollar spent everywhere else. But rather than being just travel rewards points, these points can be redeemed for one cent each as statement credits, bank deposits, gift cards or travel reservations.
So far, this is pretty similar to the no-fee Bank of America Travel Rewards card. But what makes this card “premium” are its benefits.
To start off with, you receive up to a $100 credit towards the application fees of TSA PreCheck or Global Entry, which includes PreCheck. These services are used by frequent travelers to speed themselves through the lines at the airport.
You also receive up to a $100 credit towards airline incidental fees. These are the charges for things like luggage or seat selection that everyone hates, and those who use this fee each year will completely offset this card’s $95 annual fee.
It also includes an entire range of travel insurance policies such as trip delay reimbursement, trip cancellation and interruption coverage, and lost or delayed baggage reimbursement. It even comes with emergency evacuation insurance, a feature only found on a fraction of the top credit cards with annual fees over $500.
Purchase protection and extended warranty coverage are also included.
In the end, you have a card that offers a fairly simple cash back rewards program, similar to what you would find on a no fee card. But at the same time, it has all the fee credits, travel insurance and purchase protection features you’d expect to find on a much more expensive credit card.
Anyone who travels regularly, even if not frequently, will find these benefits to be worth its modest annual fee.